At 8:38 central daylight on a Monday you sent this text: I haven't looked; but today is definitely a PatriotDayHotCut.
The game has started. It's 10:07 central. It is the knuckleballer Steven Wright for Boston and Blake Snell for visiting Tampa Bay.
Wright is in trouble immediately. Tampa has scored and threatens more, with runners on second and third. ... I didn't realiZe that the two runs Wright gave up in the first were unearned. He has settled down, with three innings complete. Still, his ERA is 9.82. The Red Sox have scored four runs, including a 2-run single by Andrew Benintendi. Looking at Snell's line I see that only one of the four runs he's allowed is earned. I have been listening to this game but somehow tuned the errors out. I think the scorer is letting these pitchers off light. [Ed. note: The Tampa error was on a pop fly or soft liner to Brad Miller that Miller simply dropped...it was definitely an error.] Snell has 3 Ks to two walks. Eh. 72 pitches in three innings.
Longoria GIDP. He is batting .220 and is not H-O-T. The OPS is .679. This Tampa lineup is very weak 7-8-9: Rickie Weeks Jr, Derek Norris, Tim Beckham. Brad Miller has come back down to earth.
...Several hours later in Pittsburgh. Lynn and Nova worked quickly and effectively. It was 2-0 St. Louis but Gregory Polanco just pinch hit and drove one in. Jaso has gone 3-U, Oh the save and it's over. Hell, this game wasn't in Pittsburgh but it did start at 18:09 central daylight, which threw me off. Nova with an eight-inning complete game loss...78 pitches! Five hits, no walks, 3 Ks, a game score of 69...that seems low. Lynn: 7 IP, 3 hits, one walk, 5 Ks, 79 game score. Two hours, 14 minutes.
Time for a little "Du Daumier Smith's Blue Period." Is the ink color change working? I haven't been consistent with it but my goal was to use the ink to signify change of time over the course of a day. It also threw me that it was Horton and Rooney doing that game, not Shannon.
Brewers at Cubs, bottom four. Schwarber fans. Villar, Thames, Braun due up. This game must be moving slowly—well, maybe not. Angels at Astros, also bottom four. Indians at Twins, top 5. Cold in Chicago. Lackey is working to Thames. Villar got out so quickly I don't even know how. Thames into the shift, 5-3. Braun hearing it from Cubs fans. He singles. You texted me about his sneakily good start after I texted you about Thames's seventh homer. Shaw 3-U.
Trout fishing in Texas. Charlie Morton working to Andrelton Simmons, 4-3. It is 2-0 Houston. I'm staying with this game until I see Trout hit. Reddick strokes a single to right center. Pretty swing. José Altuve now. He hits a ball hard to right but right at Kole Calhoun. I believe Trout was on first when I tuned this game in. It sure looked like him. He is 2-for-2 with a walk and bag #3. Chris Devenski is on. Nine innings, 17 Ks, one walk, one run. Drop and drive. Morton went just the five, 92 pitches, 5 hits, 2 walks, 3 Ks. Strikeout. Three errors for Houston: Gattis (interference), Mar-win GonZalez, and Morton himself. Now Espinosa is down on strikes. Devenski fans the side.
Bregman with a hit. He's at short tonight in place of Correa who took a pitch on the hand Saturday. Mar-win goes 3-U. ... I went to put some clothes away, came back, saw Trout chase a Devenski cutter out of the zone, strikeout. That's 21 Ks in 11 innings for Devenski.
Full count to Schwarber ... he swings and misses, the Cubs have lost four in a row. The Brewers are 8-6, the Grubs are 6-7. It's a topsy-turvy NL Central.
Kiké Hernández just lost a Robbie Ray delivery down the left field line. Ray then fans Scott van Slyke and Rob Segedin. And Brandon McCarthy. That's seven Ks through four innings for Robbie R. It's 22:34 central daylight. I am flagging. McCarthy is nibbling. Look at what McCarthyism did for McCarthy. Robbie Ray looks a little like: David DeJesus, Joey Votto, Randal Grichuk ... Jeremy Guthrie. He singles, Pollock singles. Peralta singles, you score. Rick Honeycutt needs to lose some weight. You know who else looked heavy? Beltrán.
Seager caught looking, not a surprise. Dodgers play-by-play guy tells a Vin Scully story, about how Vin landed his initial Dodgers job. You've just struck out the side, that's 10 Ks in 5 IP, 4 BBs, two hits, 92 pitches, game score at 56. McCarthy is done after five, 86 pitches, 8 K, 3 BB, 5 H, 2 ER, game score of 56.
ScuZzer sighting. First pitch swinging, to right, Puig doesn't move, had me fooled, a couple steps, 9.
The game has started. It's 10:07 central. It is the knuckleballer Steven Wright for Boston and Blake Snell for visiting Tampa Bay.
Wright is in trouble immediately. Tampa has scored and threatens more, with runners on second and third. ... I didn't realiZe that the two runs Wright gave up in the first were unearned. He has settled down, with three innings complete. Still, his ERA is 9.82. The Red Sox have scored four runs, including a 2-run single by Andrew Benintendi. Looking at Snell's line I see that only one of the four runs he's allowed is earned. I have been listening to this game but somehow tuned the errors out. I think the scorer is letting these pitchers off light. [Ed. note: The Tampa error was on a pop fly or soft liner to Brad Miller that Miller simply dropped...it was definitely an error.] Snell has 3 Ks to two walks. Eh. 72 pitches in three innings.
Longoria GIDP. He is batting .220 and is not H-O-T. The OPS is .679. This Tampa lineup is very weak 7-8-9: Rickie Weeks Jr, Derek Norris, Tim Beckham. Brad Miller has come back down to earth.
...Several hours later in Pittsburgh. Lynn and Nova worked quickly and effectively. It was 2-0 St. Louis but Gregory Polanco just pinch hit and drove one in. Jaso has gone 3-U, Oh the save and it's over. Hell, this game wasn't in Pittsburgh but it did start at 18:09 central daylight, which threw me off. Nova with an eight-inning complete game loss...78 pitches! Five hits, no walks, 3 Ks, a game score of 69...that seems low. Lynn: 7 IP, 3 hits, one walk, 5 Ks, 79 game score. Two hours, 14 minutes.
Time for a little "Du Daumier Smith's Blue Period." Is the ink color change working? I haven't been consistent with it but my goal was to use the ink to signify change of time over the course of a day. It also threw me that it was Horton and Rooney doing that game, not Shannon.
Brewers at Cubs, bottom four. Schwarber fans. Villar, Thames, Braun due up. This game must be moving slowly—well, maybe not. Angels at Astros, also bottom four. Indians at Twins, top 5. Cold in Chicago. Lackey is working to Thames. Villar got out so quickly I don't even know how. Thames into the shift, 5-3. Braun hearing it from Cubs fans. He singles. You texted me about his sneakily good start after I texted you about Thames's seventh homer. Shaw 3-U.
Trout fishing in Texas. Charlie Morton working to Andrelton Simmons, 4-3. It is 2-0 Houston. I'm staying with this game until I see Trout hit. Reddick strokes a single to right center. Pretty swing. José Altuve now. He hits a ball hard to right but right at Kole Calhoun. I believe Trout was on first when I tuned this game in. It sure looked like him. He is 2-for-2 with a walk and bag #3. Chris Devenski is on. Nine innings, 17 Ks, one walk, one run. Drop and drive. Morton went just the five, 92 pitches, 5 hits, 2 walks, 3 Ks. Strikeout. Three errors for Houston: Gattis (interference), Mar-win GonZalez, and Morton himself. Now Espinosa is down on strikes. Devenski fans the side.
Bregman with a hit. He's at short tonight in place of Correa who took a pitch on the hand Saturday. Mar-win goes 3-U. ... I went to put some clothes away, came back, saw Trout chase a Devenski cutter out of the zone, strikeout. That's 21 Ks in 11 innings for Devenski.
Full count to Schwarber ... he swings and misses, the Cubs have lost four in a row. The Brewers are 8-6, the Grubs are 6-7. It's a topsy-turvy NL Central.
Kiké Hernández just lost a Robbie Ray delivery down the left field line. Ray then fans Scott van Slyke and Rob Segedin. And Brandon McCarthy. That's seven Ks through four innings for Robbie R. It's 22:34 central daylight. I am flagging. McCarthy is nibbling. Look at what McCarthyism did for McCarthy. Robbie Ray looks a little like: David DeJesus, Joey Votto, Randal Grichuk ... Jeremy Guthrie. He singles, Pollock singles. Peralta singles, you score. Rick Honeycutt needs to lose some weight. You know who else looked heavy? Beltrán.
Seager caught looking, not a surprise. Dodgers play-by-play guy tells a Vin Scully story, about how Vin landed his initial Dodgers job. You've just struck out the side, that's 10 Ks in 5 IP, 4 BBs, two hits, 92 pitches, game score at 56. McCarthy is done after five, 86 pitches, 8 K, 3 BB, 5 H, 2 ER, game score of 56.
ScuZzer sighting. First pitch swinging, to right, Puig doesn't move, had me fooled, a couple steps, 9.
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